TMBA493: What They Don't Tell You About Entrepreneurship
Tropical MBA: Entrepreneurship & Founder Lifestyle
Dan Andrews; Ian Schoen
4.9 • 527 Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2019
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Today's show is sort of like eavesdropping on a conversation that Dan and Ian often have when the microphones are off.
Namely, that there are some things that people just don't tell you about entrepreneurship.
Maybe it's because people in the entrepreneurial world don't like to come across as naysayers or know-it-alls, but the reality of what it's like to be an entrepreneur can often be hard to come by.
Whether it's the fact that entrepreneurs undersell the amount of planning and work that goes into running a business or flat out ignore some of the cold realities of the entrepreneurial struggle, there are a lot of truths floating below the surface that would-be entrepreneurs aren't always aware of.
On this week's episode, we're talking about those truths. Today's podcast is all about the stuff that people don't tell you about being an entrepreneur.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, podcast, listener. |
| 0:05.1 | Even if you are alone in your entrepreneurial journey, know that today, right now in your earbuds, |
| 0:09.7 | you are joined by thousands of entrepreneurs from all around the globe seeking to grow better, |
| 0:14.9 | more profitable, location independent businesses. |
| 0:17.8 | If you'd like to learn more about what we do and download our entire back catalog, check |
| 0:23.2 | out tropical MBA.com. |
| 0:31.0 | Take today's show is a bit of an eavesdrop on a conversation that Ian and I sometimes have revolving |
| 0:39.3 | around this conversation of things they didn't tell you about entrepreneurship. So take it in that |
| 0:44.7 | spirit. You know, sometimes I think these episodes are just, oh man, well, so useful. And sometimes |
| 0:49.2 | I think, uh, those are just two guys chewing the fat in a workshop in Austin, Texas. So take it in that spirit. |
| 0:57.3 | There are just some things that people don't tell you about entrepreneurship, whether it's the |
| 1:02.2 | online guru or entrepreneur who glorifies everything or the naysayers or superior uncle who lectures |
| 1:09.8 | you about the dangers of doing your own thing, |
| 1:12.9 | it doesn't mean that there isn't some truth in both camps. Like, for example, maybe having a |
| 1:18.4 | business will give you the freedom you're seeking, but you still need a serious plan in place |
| 1:22.9 | to get the stable financial bedrocks that often come with a job, or that some people become |
| 1:28.9 | entrepreneurs because they're dirtbags. We're going to talk about pathologies today. Sometimes |
| 1:34.9 | it means we can't hold down a job, or that running a business requires above all a lot of tedious |
| 1:41.4 | things like planning and endurance rather than chasing fun, exciting |
| 1:46.1 | things. So that's what we're going to get into today. As always, we'd love to hear your thoughts. |
| 1:52.1 | What didn't they tell you about entrepreneurship? But first, I just had to get boss man's take on |
| 1:57.0 | something that has been bugging me for a while. |
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